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9,401 | 1964 | economic | implicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | The elimination of these deductions would impose great hardship upon millions of our citizens and discourage the growth of some of the finest organizations in America. | group_2 |
9,402 | 1964 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Some leading Democrats have even campaigned politically in favor of such tax credits while voting against them in Congress. | group_1 |
9,403 | 1964 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | These we urge to recapture initiative for freedom at home and abroad and to rebuild our strength at home. | group_1 |
9,404 | 1964 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | For instance, we pledge:?enlargement of employment opportunities for urban and rural citizens, with emphasis on training programs to equip them with needed skills; | group_2 |
9,405 | 1964 | age | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | ?full coverage of all medical and hospital costs for the needy elderly people, financed by general revenues through broader implementation of Federal-State plans, rather than the compulsory Democratic scheme covering only a small percentage of such costs, for everyone regardless of need; | group_2 |
9,406 | 1964 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | In furtherance of our faith in the individual, we also pledge prudent, responsible management of the government's fiscal affairs to protect the individual against the evils of spendthrift government?protecting most of all the needy and fixed-income families against the cruelest tax, inflation?and protecting every citizen against the high taxes forced by excessive spending, in order that each individual may keep more of his earnings for his own and his family's use. | group_2 |
9,407 | 1964 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | ?improvement, and full and fair enforcement, of the anti-trust statutes, coupled with long-overdue clarification of Federal policies and interpretations relating thereto in order to strengthen competition and protect the consumer and small business; | group_2 |
9,408 | 1964 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | In furtherance of our faith in the competitive system, we also pledge:?a continual re-examination and reduction of government competition with private business, consistent with the recommendations of the second Hoover Commission; | group_2 |
9,409 | 1964 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | For instance, we pledge:?restoration of collective bargaining responsibility to labor and management, minimizing third party intervention and preventing any agency of government from becoming an advocate for any private economic interest; | group_2 |
9,410 | 1964 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | ?development of truly voluntary commodity programs for commercial agriculture, including payments in kind out of government-owned surpluses, diversion of unneeded land to conservation uses, price supports free of political manipulation in order to stimulate and attain fair market prices, together with adequate credit facilities and continued support of farm-owned and operated cooperatives including rural electric and telephone facilities, while resisting all efforts to make the farmer dependent, for his economic survival, upon either compensatory payments by the Federal Government or upon the whim of the Secretary of Agriculture; | group_2 |
9,411 | 1964 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | ?comprehensive water-resource planning and development, including projects for our growing cities, expanded research in desalinization of water, and continued support of multi-purpose reclamation projects; | group_2 |
9,412 | 1964 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | ?continued tax support to encourage exploration and development of domestic sources of minerals and metals, with reasonable depletion allowances; | group_2 |
9,413 | 1964 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | ?complete reform of the tax structure, to include simplification as well as lower rates to strengthen individual and business incentives; | group_2 |
9,414 | 1964 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | we will support its efforts to regain the independence of its homeland; | group_1 |
9,415 | 1964 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | 13. Freedom's wealth must never support freedom's decline, always its growth. | group_2 |
9,416 | 1964 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We favor the establishment in underdeveloped nations of an economic and political climate that will encourage the investment of local capital and attract the investment of foreign capital. | group_2 |
9,417 | 1968 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Vigorous federal support to innovative state programs, using new policy techniques such as urban development corporations, to help rebuild our cities; | group_2 |
9,418 | 1968 | economic | implicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Skyrocketing building costs and interest rates have crippled home building and threaten a housing crisis in the nation, endangering the prospect of a decent home and a suitable living environment for every family. | group_2 |
9,419 | 1968 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Our metropolitan transportation systems?the lifelines of our cities?have become tangled webs of congestion which not only create vast citizen inconvenience, discontent and economic inefficiency, but also tend to barricade inner city people against job opportunities in suburban areas. | no_bias |
9,420 | 1968 | criminal_justice | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We pledge vigorous and even-handed administration of justice and enforcement of the law. | group_1 |
9,421 | 1968 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We call on public officials at the federal, state and local levels to enforce our laws with firmness and fairness. | group_1 |
9,422 | 1968 | criminal_justice | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | while demanding protection of the public peace and safety, we pledge a relentless attack on economic and social injustice in every form. | group_1 |
9,423 | 1968 | criminal_justice | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | The present Administration has:Ignored the danger signals of our rising crime rates until very recently and even now has proposed only narrow measures hopelessly inadequate to the need; | group_1 |
9,424 | 1968 | criminal_justice | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | For the future, we pledge an all-out, federal-state-local crusade against crime, including:Leadership by an Attorney General who will restore stature and respect to that office; | group_1 |
9,425 | 1968 | criminal_justice | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Continued support of legislation to strengthen state and local law enforcement and preserve the primacy of state responsibility in this area; | group_1 |
9,426 | 1968 | criminal_justice | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Full support of the F.B.I. and all law enforcement agencies of the federal government; | group_1 |
9,427 | 1968 | education | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Young people need expansion of post high school technical institutes to enable them to acquire satisfactory skills for meaningful employment. | group_1 |
9,428 | 1968 | disability | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | To qualify for jobs with permanence and promise, many disadvantaged citizens need special assistance and job training. | group_1 |
9,429 | 1968 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | There are some 70 federally funded job training programs, with some cities having as many as 30 operating side by side. | no_bias |
9,430 | 1968 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Welfare and poverty programs will be drastically revised to liberate the poor from the debilitating dependence which erodes self-respect and discourages family unity and responsibility. | group_2 |
9,431 | 1968 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We will modify the rigid welfare requirements that stifle work motivation and support locally operated children's day care centers to free the parents to accept work. | group_2 |
9,432 | 1968 | racial_cultural | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | This nation must not blink the harsh fact?or the special demands it places upon us?that the incidence of poverty is consistently greater among Negroes, Mexican-Americans, Indians and other minority groupings than in the population generally. | group_2 |
9,433 | 1968 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We favor efforts to enable residents of such areas to become owners and managers of businesses and, through such agencies as a Domestic Development Bank, to exercise economic leadership in their communities. | group_2 |
9,434 | 1968 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Additionally, we support action by states, with federal re-insurance, to help provide insurance coverage for homes and small businesses against damage and fire caused by riots. | group_2 |
9,435 | 1968 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We favor maximum reliance on community leaders utilizing the regular channels of government to provide needed public services. | group_2 |
9,436 | 1968 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We pledge a unified federal food distribution program, as well as active cooperation with the states and innovative private enterprise, to help provide the hungry poor sufficient food for a balanced diet. | group_2 |
9,437 | 1968 | disability | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We pledge to encourage the broadening of private health insurance plans, many of which cover hospital care only, and to review the operation of government hospital care programs in order to encourage more patients to utilize non-hospital facilities. | group_1 |
9,438 | 1968 | disability | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Expansion of the number of doctors, nurses, and supporting staff to relieve shortages and spread the availability of health care services will have our support. | group_1 |
9,439 | 1968 | disability | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | New diagnostic methods and also preventive care to assure early detection of physical impairments, thus fostering good health and avoiding illnesses requiring hospitalization, will have our support. | group_1 |
9,440 | 1968 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We will strengthen the Social Security system and provide automatic cost of living adjustments under Social Security and the Railroad Retirement Act. | group_2 |
9,441 | 1968 | disability | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We pledge a rehabilitation allowance for paraplegics to afford them the means to live outside a hospital environment. | group_1 |
9,442 | 1968 | disability | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Adequate medical and hospital care will be maintained for all veterans with service-connected disabilities and veterans in need, and timely revisions of compensation programs will be enacted for service-connected death and disability to help assure an adequate standard of living for all disabled veterans and their survivors. | group_1 |
9,443 | 1968 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We will see that every veteran is accorded the right to be interred in a national cemetery as near as possible to his home, and we pledge to maintain all veterans' programs in an independent Veterans Administration. | group_1 |
9,444 | 1968 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We specifically favor representation in Congress for the District of Columbia. | group_1 |
9,445 | 1968 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We will support the efforts of the Puerto Rican people to achieve statehood when they freely request such status by a general election, and we share the hopes and aspirations of the people of the Virgin Islands who will be closely consulted on proposed gubernatorial appointments. | group_1 |
9,446 | 1968 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We favor a new Election Reform Act that will apply clear, reasonable restraints to political spending and fund-raising, whether by business, labor or individuals, ensure timely publication of the financial facts in campaigns, and provide a tax deduction for small contributions. | group_1 |
9,447 | 1968 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We pledge full consideration of the Commission's recommendations for improvements in the nation's postal service. | no_bias |
9,448 | 1968 | criminal_justice | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We advocate application of the highest standards in making appointments to the courts, and we pledge a determined effort to rebuild and enhance public respect for the Supreme Court and all other courts in the United States. | group_1 |
9,449 | 1968 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Crippling interest rates, some the highest in a century, prevent millions of Americans from buying homes and small businessmen, farmers and other citizens from obtaining the loans they need. | group_2 |
9,450 | 1968 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We support an equitable minimum wage for American workers?one providing fair wages without unduly increasing unemployment among those on the lowest rung of the economic ladder?and will improve the Fair Labor Standards Act, with its important protections for employees. | group_2 |
9,451 | 1968 | economic | implicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Without adequate net income to pay off indebtedness, the farm owner has no choice but to liquidate some of his equity or go out of business. | group_2 |
9,452 | 1968 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | To promote the development of American agriculture, we pledge:Farm policies and programs which will enable producers to receive fair prices in relation to the prices they must pay for other products; | group_2 |
9,453 | 1968 | economic | implicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Sympathetic consideration of proposals to encourage farmers, especially small producers, to develop their bargaining position; | group_2 |
9,454 | 1968 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We pledge a reversal of present policies and the adoption of a progressive national fisheries policy, which will make it possible for the first time to utilize fully the vast ocean reservoir of protein. | no_bias |
9,455 | 1968 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We pledge a more energetic control of pollution, encouragement of an increase in fishery resources, and will also press for international agreements assuring multi-national conservation. | group_2 |
9,456 | 1968 | racial_cultural | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | The principles of the 1965 Immigration Act?non-Racial/Cultural against national origins, reunification of families, and selective support for the American labor market?have our unreserved backing, | group_2 |
9,457 | 1968 | political | implicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We propose to do this, not by peremptory efforts to limit American travel abroad or by self-defeating restraints on overseas investments, but by restraint in Federal spending and realistic monetary policies, by adjusting overseas commitments, by stimulating exports, by encouraging more foreign travel to the United States and, as specific conditions require, by extending tax treatment to our own exports and imports comparable to such treatment applied by foreign countries. | group_1 |
9,458 | 1968 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | An equitable tax write-off is necessary to strengthen our industrial competitiveness in the world. | group_2 |
9,459 | 1968 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | To replace the ancient rivalries of this region with new hope and opportunity, we vigorously support a well conceived plan of regional development, including the bold nuclear desalinization and irrigation proposal of former President Eisenhower. | group_1 |
9,460 | 1968 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Not only has the Administration failed to encourage assumption of responsibility by the Vietnamese, but their sense of responsibility has been in fact undermined by our approach to pacification. | group_1 |
9,461 | 1972 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Once this is done and judgment rendered on election day, we will confidently carry forward the task of doing for America what her people need and want and deserve. | group_1 |
9,462 | 1972 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | In only four years we have fashioned foreign policies based on a new spirit of effective negotiation with our adversaries, and a new sense of real partnership with our allies. | group_1 |
9,463 | 1972 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Yet our President has gone there to open a candid airing of differences so that they will not lead some day to war. | no_bias |
9,464 | 1972 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | A new spirit of partnership shows results in our NATO partners' expenditures for the common defense?up by some $2 billion in two years. | no_bias |
9,465 | 1972 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | To ban nuclear weapons from the world's sea-beds. | group_1 |
9,466 | 1972 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We pledge that, under Republican leadership, the United States will remain a leader in international affairs. | group_1 |
9,467 | 1972 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We will strengthen our relationships with our allies, recognizing them as full-fledged partners in securing the peace and promoting the common well being. | group_1 |
9,468 | 1972 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Especially important is continued negotiation to maintain the momentum established by the Strategic Arms Limitation agreements to limit offensive and defensive nuclear weapons systems and further to reduce the danger of nuclear conflict. | group_1 |
9,469 | 1972 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We take specific note of the remaining major obstacle to settlement?Hanoi's demand that the United States overthrow the Saigon government and impose a Communist-dominated government on the South Vietnamese. | group_1 |
9,470 | 1972 | criminal_justice | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We pledge that upon repatriation our returned prisoners will be received in a manner befitting their valor and sacrifice. | group_1 |
9,471 | 1972 | criminal_justice | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We applaud the Administration's program to assure each returned prisoner the finest medical care, personal counseling, social services and career orientation. | group_1 |
9,472 | 1972 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | The reforms proposed by the President have been approved only in part. | no_bias |
9,473 | 1972 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We call for further reforms to make our aid more effective and protect the taxpayer's interests. | group_2 |
9,474 | 1972 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We support a more equitable sharing of the costs of international organizations and have serious concerns over the delinquency of many UN members in meeting their financial obligations. | group_2 |
9,475 | 1972 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We support programs of economic assistance to Israel pursued by President Nixon that have helped her achieve a nine-per cent annual economic growth rate. | group_2 |
9,476 | 1972 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Only a strong America can safely negotiate with adversaries. | group_1 |
9,477 | 1972 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Only a strong America can fashion partnerships for peace. | group_1 |
9,478 | 1972 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | The development of new types of tactical aircraft such as the F-155, a lightweight fighter, and a fighter plane for close support of ground troops; | no_bias |
9,479 | 1972 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We draw a sharp distinction between prudent reductions in defense spending and the meat-ax slashes with which some Americans are now beguiled by the political opposition. | no_bias |
9,480 | 1972 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We pledge to press on toward a lasting peace. | no_bias |
9,481 | 1972 | political | implicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | The Selective Service System was inequitable in operation, and its rules caused prolonged uncertainty for young men awaiting call. | group_1 |
9,482 | 1972 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Today draftees are called by random selection of the youngest first, so that the maximum length of vulnerability is no longer seven years but one year only. | no_bias |
9,483 | 1972 | racial_cultural | implicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Major strides have been made toward wiping out the last vestiges of racial Racial/Cultural. | group_2 |
9,484 | 1972 | political | implicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We regard these tasks as never completed, but we are well on the way and pledge ourselves to press forward assuring all men and women in the armed forces rewarding careers. | group_1 |
9,485 | 1972 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | The 1973 defense budget imposes the smallest economic burden on the country of any defense budget in more than 20 years, consuming only 6.4 per cent of the estimated Gross National Product. | no_bias |
9,486 | 1972 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We are proud of the men and women who wear our country's uniform, especially of those who have borne the burden of fighting a difficult and unpopular war. | group_1 |
9,487 | 1972 | political | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | In carrying out our defense policies, we pledge to maintain at all times the level of military strength required to deter conflict, to honor our commitments to our allies, and to protect our people and vital interests against all foreign threats. | group_1 |
9,488 | 1972 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We will continue to pursue sound economic policies that will eliminate inflation, further cut unemployment, raise real incomes, and strengthen our international economic position. | group_2 |
9,489 | 1972 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We have already removed some temporary controls on wages and prices and will remove them all once the economic distortions spawned in the late 1960's are repaired. | group_2 |
9,490 | 1972 | economic | implicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | and research and development will have our full support. | group_2 |
9,491 | 1972 | disability | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Additionally, we reaffirm our commitment to removing barriers to a full life for the mentally and physically handicapped, especially the barriers to rewarding employment. | group_1 |
9,492 | 1972 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We pledge to spread the tax burden equitably, to spend the Federal revenues prudently, to guard against waste in spending, to eliminate unnecessary programs, and to make sure that each dollar spent for essential government services buys a dollar's worth of value. | group_2 |
9,493 | 1972 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We pledge vigorous efforts to reform the Congressional budgeting process. | no_bias |
9,494 | 1972 | economic | implicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | The tax disadvantage of single taxpayers is sharply reduced and we urge further changes to assure full equality. | group_2 |
9,495 | 1972 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | This is sound tax reform, the kind that more equitably spreads the tax burden and avoids incentive-destroying tax levels which would cripple the economy and put people out of work. | group_2 |
9,496 | 1972 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Only if the taxpayers' money is prudently managed can taxes be kept at reasonable levels. | no_bias |
9,497 | 1972 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We urge the Congress to serve all Americans by cooperating with the President in his efforts to curb increases in Federal spending?increases which will ordain more taxes or more inflation. | no_bias |
9,498 | 1972 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | We pledge to continue our efforts to purge the Government of these wasteful activities. | no_bias |
9,499 | 1972 | economic | explicit | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | During the next session of Congress we pledge:To pursue such policies as Revenue Sharing that will allow property tax relief; | group_2 |
9,500 | 1972 | no_bias | no_bias | comparativeagendas.net/project/us/datasets | Within the last year we achieved the Smithsonian Agreements which re-valued our currency, making our exports more competitive with those of our major trading partners, and we pledge continuing negotiations further to reform the international monetary system. | no_bias |
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